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  1. buggravy

    buggravy iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Calabasas
    Name:
    Matt
    Current Bike:
    Transition Sentinel
    Oh dang, I must have missed it. What did you get? And it looks like late March or April before I’ll actually take delivery. Sounds like a lot of orders have been placed.
     
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  2. Danimal

    Danimal iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Mission Viejo
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    Epic Evo
    Ordered a trail pistol.. !
     
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  3. buggravy

    buggravy iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Calabasas
    Name:
    Matt
    Current Bike:
    Transition Sentinel
    Nice! Congrats.
     
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  4. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    No. YOU, his lawyer, would have liked HIM to have deep sympathies. This kind of lawyer is scum, just like its scum clientele.

    Someone's husband died as a result of the arsonist. And the rest. 12 years? I'm dumbfounded.

    I tell you what. If I catch someone setting the forest or someone's house on fire, I will just go ahead and render my own frontier justice. If there is anything left of the perp, go ahead and process it – duly.
     
  5. -ROCKY-

    -ROCKY- Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Lakewood, CA
    Name:
    Rocky
  6. -ROCKY-

    -ROCKY- Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Lakewood, CA
    Name:
    Rocky
    R.I.P Beverley Owens
     
  7. -ROCKY-

    -ROCKY- Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Lakewood, CA
    Name:
    Rocky
    :(

    Nathaniel Taylor 1938-2019

    R.I.P Nate.Thanks for the memories, thanks for literally decades of laughs.
     
  8. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    In other news...
    :coffee: Mikie's feeble attempt sitting in his office to regain conscientiousness this morning. Long day at work yesterday, followed by an hour drive home, then an hour drive to Bakersfield for a course on, "Active Shooter Training", then another hour drive home after that to hit the hay at 11:00pm, to get up at 4:30 am to drive an hour to work by 6:30 so as to do a 7:00am Pacific Coast Time Skype presentation for the Vice President and his team out at our St. Augustine Operations (Nailed It!).
    Yes that was a "run on" sentence, and No, I don't care... Spose to rain on Saturday and Mikie is fed up with rain, I need to ride my dahm bike!
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  9. Cornholio

    Cornholio iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    B
    Current Bike:
    Huffy
    How do you get different background pictures on each screen or do you have 2 machines? I can only have one picture across mine.

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  10. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    What's really cool is they rotate through about 30 pics I have in My Pictures folder. One laptop on a docking station. The company upgraded my computer while I was sleeping at home one night to Windows 10. When I came in that morning, all my pictures were wiped. So I reset it up and this was the result. Let me see if I can figure out what I did.

    Oh, and I like the Yeti mug, even though it's not related... :thumbsup:
     
  11. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
  12. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Oh my gosh!
    I just came here to post this!


    Man rides bike 30 minutes after rattlesnake bite to get help...

    PHOENIX – Jim Watkins was on a bike ride with a friend on an Arizona trail Wednesday afternoon when he fell off his bike and into a bush.

    If that wasn't bad enough, he was bit by a rattlesnake after he landed.

    Watkins, 75, was biking up a steep part of the trail at Apache Wash in northern Phoenix at about 3:45 p.m. when he lost momentum and fell beside the trail, he said, discussing the ordeal Thursday from a hospital where he was being treated.

    “It felt like a bee sting. And then as I looked down, I could see the snake was recoiling back up, but still vibrating his rattles. And so I pulled away,” Watkins said.

    Watkins, who was bit on his left calf, then rode with his friend for 30 minutes to get back to the trailhead. His friend called poison control right away to seek advice.

    "Once I got in the truck, I got poison control on the speaker phone and started talking with them. And they said, 'This is serious, you need to go to an emergency room,'" Watkins said.

    Wakins responded: "Well, right now I feel fine. It just feels like a bee sting."

    Watkins went to Banner University Medical Center and was assessed once he arrived.

    He received three treatments of anti-venom – 12 vials in all – that counteracted the snake's venom and reduced the swelling.

    "Most Arizona emergency departments and hospitals have anti-venom. But there's only a couple of hospitals that have medical toxicologists that specialize in this care," said Daniel Brooks, medical director of Banner’s Poison and Drug Information Center.

    Brooks advises that anyone who gets bit by a rattlesnake should get anti-venom as soon as possible. Walking, running and riding a mountain bike all increase blood circulation and can put your at risk for secondary injuries, Brooks said.

    "Wherever the bite is, is where most of the damage is going to occur. And that means breakdown of muscle and skin, as well as a lot of edema and swelling," Brooks said.

    Brooks said the most important factor in a rattlesnake bite is to consider how much venom is injected.

    As the weather warms up, rattlesnakes are out on the hiking trails. Brooks gives this advice to anyone planning on hiking:

    • Wear closed-toe shoes.
    • Be aware of your environment.
    • If you see the snake, leave it alone.
    "In the warm deserts, rattlesnakes are most active from March through October. In the spring, they are active during daylight hours. As days become increasingly hot around early May, rattlesnakes become more active at night and spend the day in a spot of shade or a cool shelter," according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
     
  13. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    That's one thing I'm pretty sure you've never lost... :)
     
  14. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Dang it! Ha hah! I did not catch that smarty pants! Consciousness not conscientiousness! :rolleyes: But, totally makes sense.
    Man! I think the Clock is Slooooowwwwww.... I don't feel re-tardy! :Roflmao
     
  15. -ROCKY-

    -ROCKY- Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Lakewood, CA
    Name:
    Rocky
  16. rossage

    rossage iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    East Sacramento
    Name:
    Ross Lawson
    Current Bike:
    Highball
    You are sofa king we Todd it!
     
  17. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Today I tossed a posession I had since 1995. Cracked boot, barely fit last few years, but lots o’memories.
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    In other news, I played ice hockey for the first time tonight since October 2013, and I didn’t hurt myself! I believe the DonJoy brace really helped. @mountaingirl sara, ask your ortho to prescribe one as a required apparatus, your lifestyle and therefore your mental health definitely warrants one. BTW, I suck at hockey these days.
     
  18. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Thanks D, I have one similar, it’s a Bledsoe and is a beast.
    Glad you got to play and didn’t get hurt..that’s the best combo! :thumbsup:
    I’ve played broom ball on the ice before..it’s pretty fun!:)
     
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  19. littlewave

    littlewave Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Newport Beach
    Name:
    Brett
    Current Bike:
    GG Smash (Alu)
    Where'd you play? Pick up?
     
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  20. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    The venerable Wednesday Night Hockey [Beer] League at the old Ontario Ice Skating Center. 4 on 4 due to a smaller ice sheet.
     
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  21. skyungjae

    skyungjae Member

    Location:
    Fullerton, CA
    Name:
    Kyung Jae
    Current Bike:
    2015 Santa Cruz Bronson C
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    You made Wayne Gretzky cry
     
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  22. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
  23. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    And I thought you were being intentionally witty!
     
  24. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    NW Arkansas
    Name:
    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    :eek:That's some righteous Trunk Rump! :sneaky:
     
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  25. CBone

    CBone iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Antelope Valley
    Name:
    Tucker
    Current Bike:
    Intense Primer
    Nice choice of chips Mikie
     
  26. CBone

    CBone iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Antelope Valley
    Name:
    Tucker
    Current Bike:
    Intense Primer
    Me too. I thought Mikie was saying he was goofing off. Nice back tracking Mikie. We know the cyber black helicopters are circling your monitors
     
  27. Cyclotourist

    Cyclotourist iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Redlands
    Name:
    David
    Current Bike:
    Don't fence me in!
    Big Bear family getting larger:

     
  28. Redman

    Redman iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Henderson, Nv
    Name:
    Kevin
    Current Bike:
    SC OG Hightower 29'r

    LOL. I played at that rink for about ten years. Unfortunately, that was more than 25 years ago. They didn't have a glass along the boards when I started playing. About a year later they took down the curtains and put glass on 3 sides of the rink. The other side across from the benches was left with the brick wall, is it still like that?
     
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  29. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Don sold the rink to Luis, who added glass along the brick wall. But since the glass abuts the wall, it doesn’t move when you slam it. A few upgrades to the locker rooms (added a third locker room); otherwise it’s still the same hole in the wall ice rink. I helped paint the ceiling and replace the boards in 1997. We may have crossed paths back in the day. Did you hear about the time Eric’s slap shot went off the crossbar, through the ventilation fan at the end of the building, and into the parking lot? The fan was still spinning when Brian Stover retrieved the puck from outside.
     
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  30. Redman

    Redman iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Henderson, Nv
    Name:
    Kevin
    Current Bike:
    SC OG Hightower 29'r
    Oh man! Wednesday night checking league was always good fun. Sooooo many goons that barely knew how to stand up on skates always wanting to scrap. It was always funny when my dripping wet 170lb self would light up guys that were 200+. The look on their faces after getting leveled was priceless. Then watching them try and pay back was even funnier.
     
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